kurzweilig
German, adjective/ˈkʊʁt͡s.vaɪ̯.lɪç/
kurzweilig is spelled K-U-R-Z-W-E-I-L-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurzweilig is a German adjective meaning “entertaining, diverting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterhaltsam und interessant”.
What does kurzweilig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaicentertaining, diverting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unterhaltsam und interessant
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kurzweilig
- kurzweiliger masculine nominative singular
- am kurzweiligsten superlative
- kurzweilige feminine nominative singular
- kurzweiliges neuter nominative singular
- kurzweiligen genitive masculine singular
- kurzweiligem dative masculine singular
- der kurzweilige definite includes-article masculine
- die kurzweilige definite feminine includes-article
- das kurzweilige definite includes-article neuter
- die kurzweiligen definite includes-article nominative
- des kurzweiligen definite genitive includes-article
- der kurzweiligen definite feminine genitive
- dem kurzweiligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kurzweilig?
- /ˈkʊʁt͡s.vaɪ̯.lɪç/
- /ˈkʊʁt͡s.vaɪ̯.lɪk/
- [ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kurzweilig in German?
kurzweilig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).